Michael Molitoris

Practice Areas

Michael Molitoris has long-standing experience in handling complex German and international litigation and arbitration cases in more than 25 countries and is well known as one of the most respected experts for product liability and product safety in Germany. Furthermore, he advises and represents companies in the fields of commercial disputes / damage claims, insurance and reinsurance law, banking and white-collar crime. Michael Molitoris also frequently acts as arbitrator.

Career

Before starting as a lawyer, Michael Molitoris was an assistant at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology at the University of Würzburg.

From May 1988, he worked as a lawyer in another leading Munich law firm, where he became an equity partner on January 1, 1995. In this law firm he built up the Dispute Resolution Practice Group.

On an international level, he became a member of the Board of Directors of Lex Mundi, the leading international network of independent law firms, and later it’s Chair (2008/2009).

Having joined SZA with a team of specialized litigators, he now has a close, global network of lawyers and (independent) law firms with whom he works closely on international matters.

Languages Spoken

Fluent in German and English.